Archives for April 2015

Our dog Miguel is a shepherd/herding dog mix that we rescued in 2006 while we were in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.
Like most dogs, he has a few quirks and odd habits. I'm sure some of them can be attributed to the fact that he lived on the street for the first several months of his life, but I have no idea about the origins of the others. Here are some of his most endearing/annoying ones:
1. He's an ambivalent eater - I know lots of dogs are picky eaters, but Miguel is a former stray dog that was skin and bones when we found him, so you'd think he would scarf down anything we put Continue Reading

Last week a man found 2 plastic bags containing a dog and her litter of 11 puppies just a few days old that were dumped in Tacoma. The mother didn't survive, and only 2 of the puppies were alive. According to a message on the Humane Society of Tacoma/Pierce County's Facebook page it looks like the 2 puppies will survive. Staff have named them Belle and Pacific.
If you have any information on who dumped the dogs please contact Tacoma Animal Control at (253) 627-7387. Continue Reading

Last week Nylabone Products, of Neptune, NJ announced a recall of one lot of its 1.69 oz. package of its Puppy Starter Kit dog chews, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Salmonella can affect animals ingesting the product and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any surfaces exposed to these products.
Pets with Salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will have Continue Reading

Please be sure to watch the video at the end of this post celebrating Cookie's life after she was rescued from the Olympic Animal "Sanctuary." You'll see how much love and support she got after she was rescued and what a great dog she was.
Thanks to Aiko Shenseki from Safe Haven Rescue Kennel for this write up on Cookie.
C is for Cookie! - A long road traveled
In March 2014, Debra Ross traveled to Arizona to pick up and foster two Jindo’s for 2 Continue Reading

The Beagle Freedom Project rescued 10 beagles from a lab in Seoul, South Korea. In this video the five beagles they couldn't place in homes in South Korea arrive in the US and touch grass for the first time in 5 years.
I love this group. Continue Reading